After racing BC Bike Race in 2019, we got a LOT of questions about what we brought with us and what we would do differently. You have to pack carefully for races like this because you have to fit all of your gear into one of the provided bags — and yes, this includes sleeping […]
In this post, we’ll go over all the gear for XC mountain bike racing that you could possibly need…bike, clothing, equipment, etc. Let’s get started. THE BIKE: The typical XC race bike is a hardtail or a small travel (90 – 110mm in the rear) full-suspension bike, like the one pictured below. These days, almost […]
Last winter, we did the vast majority of our training outside…in Ohio. It was cold and wet, but NOT MISERABLE, because we know and practice these basic tenets of dressing for winter weather. 1. There is no bad weather, only bad clothes. Riding outside is always more fun than riding inside on a trainer, as […]
Two weeks ago, we got on the Listen Money Matters podcast and spilled the beans on how we make money, how much we make, and how we save money despite traveling all over to race our bikes. And how we’ve started a sponsorship course to share some of our secrets and help other mountain bikers […]
Our top tips for using credits cards intelligently — and not going into debt! 1. Learn to think of credit card purchases as REAL purchases — just because it’s plastic doesn’t mean it’s not real money. The more you can cultivate this mindset, the less issues you will have with spending money you don’t have. […]
This is a question we get a lot and there really is no easy answer — but we’ll give it a go! Watch the video above if you want to listen to us ramble on about this topic. Or you can read the more concise version below. After some discussion, we boiled it down to […]
This is not a blog about how glamorous living in a van can be, although it has its moments. To us, van life is a means to an end — it’s the key to living the life we want to, not a Pinterest project money suck. In an internet world full of hipster (and disturbingly […]